Hello world! My first post, and a quick question! I hope it's the right place for this question.
The first time I flashed Graphene was on a brand new (fresh out the box) Pixel 3 Xl, this was about 3 years ago and it was never used as a daily driver. About 6 months ago I got myself a new Pixel 7 and started using it with my Google account and installing apps. I've now decided that I'd like to start using Graphene on my Pixel 7 as my daily driver, because just about everything I need (and use) I can get from f-droid.
The Graphene website says it's best to update the device before installing, however because I've been using it with Google and installing apps, is it best if I do factory reset and do all the updates to get back to where I am now, or is it okay to flash with the latest update and everything installed? The reason I ask is when I first started flashing back in the Galaxy S2 days, after doing a format and wiping cache/dalvik I'd still have redundant empty app directory's from the stock OS apps which I always found mildly annoying.